http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/dying-call-of-an-endangered-species-ndash-the-standard-vendor-1816797.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/dying-call-of-an-endangered-species-ndash-the-standard-vendor-1816797.html ]]> <p>His voice is just the same, piercing the air with its plangent sing-song call – "Staaan-D'd". After 30 years it's a familiar cry for the hundreds of commuters who pass through this central London train station every evening. But the patter has changed. Now Phil – not his real name, as he has asked for anonymity – no longer tells readers to buy their<I> </I>Evening Standard here. Instead he's got a new line – "take one, get one free". </p> Press Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/independent-journalist-wins-stonewall-award-1816698.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/independent-journalist-wins-stonewall-award-1816698.html <p> <i>The Independent</i>'s Johann Hari has been named Journalist of the Year at the Stonewall awards. </p> Press Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/telegraph-wins-petra-ecclestone-libel-case-1816701.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/telegraph-wins-petra-ecclestone-libel-case-1816701.html <p>The High Court in London yesterday threw out a libel action brought by Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone's daughter. </p> Press Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/kate-winslet-wins-payout-over-exercise-libel-1813837.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/kate-winslet-wins-payout-over-exercise-libel-1813837.html ]]> <p> Kate Winslet accepted £25,000 libel damages today over a claim that she publicly lied about her exercise regime. </p> News Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:33:08 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-mails-chief-piechucker-lets-fly-at-those-without-the-x-factor-1813054.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-mails-chief-piechucker-lets-fly-at-those-without-the-x-factor-1813054.html ]]> <p> How would Nicholas John Griffin, member of the European Parliament for North West England, be portrayed by the unforgiving pen of Quentin Letts, the most waspish of Westminster sketch writers and the political journalist of the year? </p> Press Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:31 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-silence-of-the-arts-the-press-science-charities-1813052.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-silence-of-the-arts-the-press-science-charities-1813052.html ]]> <p>We've had demonstrations outside Television Centre while the BNP's Nick Griffin was smuggled into the BBC; we've had mobs descending on the offices of the law firm Carter-Ruck for its "super-injunctions" on behalf of the waste company Trafigura, and we've had a record number of complaints to the Press Complaints Commission over comments in the Daily Mail over the death of pop singer Stephen Gately. Freedom of expression in the British media has rarely been the subject of such fiery debate.</p> Press Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:07 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/for-the-record-02112009-1813051.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/for-the-record-02112009-1813051.html <p> <b>No court for Cole </b> </p> <p> We have been denied our big day in court. The action brought in April 2008 against The Sun and Mirror Group Newspapers by footballer Ashley Cole for invasion of privacy has been quietly settled. </p> Press Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-curtain-call-for-sun-critic-hagerty-1812638.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-curtain-call-for-sun-critic-hagerty-1812638.html <p>It's exit stage left for The Sun's theatre critic, Bill Hagerty. The veteran former Mirror hack has been let go in a round of cuts, even though his son, Will, is a senior executive at the paper. It is unclear whether a replacement will be appointed, although given the Sun's interest in TV talent show stars who end up in the West End, it's not such a daft idea. But Hagerty will probably still be seen in theatreland: his wife, Liz Vercoe, is also a critic, so no doubt he can still go – on her arm.</p> Press Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/happy-birthday-to-the-house-mag-of-the-intellectual-elite-1812639.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/happy-birthday-to-the-house-mag-of-the-intellectual-elite-1812639.html <p> If Clive James's assessment of the London Review of Books as "the house magazine of the intellectual elite" is correct, the elite would seem to be getting bigger. </p> Press Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/inm-boosted-by-stabilising-advertising-revenues-1811637.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/inm-boosted-by-stabilising-advertising-revenues-1811637.html <p>Independent News & Media, the publisher of <i>The Independent</i>, has seen revenues improve since July as the advertising market has begun to stabilise. </p> Business News Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/battle-of-london-freesheets-ends-as-lite-looks-to-fold-1810485.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/battle-of-london-freesheets-ends-as-lite-looks-to-fold-1810485.html <p>The free newspaper battle for London's commuters is to end after just three years, as the London Lite's publisher prepares to close the title, leaving the streets clear for The London Evening Standard. </p> Business News Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/council-news-keeps-local-papers-afloat-1810486.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/council-news-keeps-local-papers-afloat-1810486.html <p>A councillor yesterday claimed that local authority newsletters helped to sustain, rather than kill off local newspapers.</p> Business News Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/free-london-lite-newspaper-facing-closure-1810257.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/free-london-lite-newspaper-facing-closure-1810257.html ]]> <p> The free evening paper London Lite is facing closure, it was announced today. </p> Press Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:23:20 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-the-lure-of-the-ivory-towers-1808843.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-the-lure-of-the-ivory-towers-1808843.html ]]> <p> Only six months into the job, Emily Mann is stepping down as the New Statesman's deputy editor. </p> Press Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/at-home-with-the-fat-slags-1808844.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/at-home-with-the-fat-slags-1808844.html <p> Standing in the bright chaotic room above a Newcastle café where the entire staff of Viz works, it's hard to believe this was once Britain's third biggest-selling magazine. </p> Press Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pearson-ups-forecast-despite-ft-woes-1806218.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/pearson-ups-forecast-despite-ft-woes-1806218.html <p>Pearson surprised the market yesterday by upping its profit expectations for the year as it shrugged off the worst of the economic headwinds that have buffeted the media industry.</p> Business News Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/gately-attack-provokes-record-number-of-complaints-1805620.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/gately-attack-provokes-record-number-of-complaints-1805620.html ]]> <p>One newspaper article about the sudden death of the Boyzone star Stephen Gately has provoked more complaints to the press watchdog than the entire newspaper industry would normally generate in four or five years.</p> Press Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/newspaper-ad-sales-still-falling-in-us-and-the-uk-says-gannett-1805722.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/newspaper-ad-sales-still-falling-in-us-and-the-uk-says-gannett-1805722.html <p>Gannett, the largest newspaper publisher in the US and owner of the UK's Newsquest, said advertising revenues are still skidding downwards on both sides of the Atlantic. But the group highlighted a modest slowdown in the rate of decline, and said that lay-offs and other cost-cutting had kept the company in the black over the past three months.</p> Business News Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/stephen-gately-article-attracts-record-number-of-pcc-complaints-1805521.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/stephen-gately-article-attracts-record-number-of-pcc-complaints-1805521.html <p> Columnist Jan Moir's article about the death of Stephen Gately has drawn the biggest number of complaints ever received by the Press Complaints Commission, it said today. </p> Press Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:57:17 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/advertising/news-flash-press-ads-really-work-1805098.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/advertising/news-flash-press-ads-really-work-1805098.html <p> It's an unlikely champion of the press: ayellow-silhouetted furtive figure, donning the archetypal Trilby hat of a Fleet Street hack and throwing open his reporter’s raincoat to flash a promise: “Expose yourself…to 23 million people tomorrow.” </p> Advertising Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:07 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast--the-ladys-not-for-bedding-1804648.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast--the-ladys-not-for-bedding-1804648.html <p> Readers of The Lady were adjusting their lorgnettes after a piece by Charles Glass on the dos and don'ts of bedding the nanny. "Hopelessly dated and misogynistic" thunders a reader in this week's letters page. "In very poor taste," harrumphs another. But readers had been warned. "I hope everyone takes this offering in the humorous spirit in which it is intended," wrote Rachel Johnson in an editorial last week, "after all, this magazine has a long, proud and distinguished tradition of bringing employers and staff together!" </p> Press Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/oh-if-only-the-father-of-the-modern-sketch-were-here-1804649.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/oh-if-only-the-father-of-the-modern-sketch-were-here-1804649.html <p>As MPs returned from their 72-day summer recess to pigeonholes bristling with letters from Sir Thomas Legg, detailing how much of their expenses each must repay, it was a moment for misquoting Wordsworth: Frank Johnson – you should have been here at this hour. The veteran sketch writer, famed for his comic renditions of the daily business of Parliament, would have found a rich seam in the unfolding story of MPs' expenses. </p> Press Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/what-does-heart-mean-to-you-enter-our-photo-competition-1804758.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/what-does-heart-mean-to-you-enter-our-photo-competition-1804758.html <p>They are usually associated with the cheesy cards, stuffed toys and foil-wrapped chocolate lollies of Valentine's Day. But red hearts are taking on a new significance with the launch of the "Red Heart" digital photo competition, in aid of the British Heart Foundation (BHF). </p> Press Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/outrage-at-vile-column-about-gatelys-death-1804352.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/outrage-at-vile-column-about-gatelys-death-1804352.html <p>More than 1,000 people complained to the Press Complaints Commission yesterday after an article in the Daily Mail newspaper that apparently linked the Boyzone singer's death to his homosexuality. </p> Press Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/ian-burrell-jan-moir-of-the-mail-apologises-after-gately-uproar-1804120.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/ian-burrell-jan-moir-of-the-mail-apologises-after-gately-uproar-1804120.html <p> The Daily Mail's high-profile columnist Jan Moir this afternoon took the highly unusual step of issuing a statement in an attempt to diffuse the fury of respondents to the paper's websites following a column published this morning on the death of the pop star Stephen Gately. </p> Press Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:11:58 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/ian-burrell-the-daily-mail-and-the-death-of-stephen-gately-1804016.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/ian-burrell-the-daily-mail-and-the-death-of-stephen-gately-1804016.html <p> "What a cold and nasty piece of gutter journalism"...."This is an absolutely revolting article"...."Shame on you Jan Moir", are just a tiny selection of soundbites from the outpouring of outrage on the Daily Mail's website following an extraordinary piece by one of the paper's best-known columnists, suggesting that the death of the Boyzone singer was not by natural causes, as an official announcement had stated. </p> Press Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:04:16 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/standard-hit-by-permit-problems-on-home-turf-1802209.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/standard-hit-by-permit-problems-on-home-turf-1802209.html ]]> <p>The <i>London Evening Standard</i>'s second day as a free newspaper did not go as smoothly as the first, after its distributors were forced off the streets of Kensington and Chelsea because they did not have correct permits.</p> Business News Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/victory-for-media-in-gagging-order-battle-1802004.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/victory-for-media-in-gagging-order-battle-1802004.html <p> Victory for the media was achieved today in a battle over the right to publish details of a Parliamentary question in what has been hailed a "great victory for free speech". </p> Press Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:55:06 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/apps-tapping-into-the-zeitgeist-1801640.html http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/apps-tapping-into-the-zeitgeist-1801640.html ]]> Features Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:08 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/standard-given-out-free-in-bid-to-beat-newspaper-industry-blues-1801894.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/standard-given-out-free-in-bid-to-beat-newspaper-industry-blues-1801894.html <p>The newspaper industry is watching the streets of London closely as the Evening Standard yesterday became the first quality newspaper to be distributed for free. </p> Press Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-wyn-harness-prize-for-young-journalists-1801644.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-wyn-harness-prize-for-young-journalists-1801644.html ]]> Press Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:19:24 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/media-world-watching-as-standard-goes-free-1801472.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/media-world-watching-as-standard-goes-free-1801472.html <p> London's Evening Standard became a free newspaper today. </p> Press Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:23:00 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/queen-of-society-revels-in-the-spirit-of-mischief-1801208.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/queen-of-society-revels-in-the-spirit-of-mischief-1801208.html ]]> <p> Amid the rococo interiors of London's finest Georgian mansion, a privileged few will gather next week to celebrate the 300th birthday of the magazine that believes itself to be the oldest in the world. </p> Press Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:50 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/franck-martin-how-the-media-can-help-to-cut-poverty-in-the-third-world-1801209.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/franck-martin-how-the-media-can-help-to-cut-poverty-in-the-third-world-1801209.html <p>Beauty Chirwa is a 23-year-old street vendor who lives in a poor and densely populated neighbourhood called Msisi in Lusaka, Zambia's capital. Every day she walks two hours to collect a pile of magazines from an office, before selling them from a pitch at the side of the traffic-heavy Great East Road in the city centre.</p> Press Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-watt-not-so-squeaky-clean-1800800.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-feral-beast-watt-not-so-squeaky-clean-1800800.html <p> Holly Watt was one of the crack team of Telegraph reporters who exposed the expenses scandal, but her own working practices haven't always been squeaky clean. </p> Press Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/there-will-always-be-room-for-newspapers-says-robert-harris-1800801.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/there-will-always-be-room-for-newspapers-says-robert-harris-1800801.html <p>To any journalist struggling to pay the mortgage, fearful for the future of the trade, there are two words of comfort – Robert Harris. The author of novels such as Enigma and Pompeii began life as one before deciding he could make it as a novelist, with extraordinary results. His first four books – Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel and Pompeii - went straight to number one in the bestseller list. </p> Press Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-strange-case--of-the-drug-barons-adoring-press-1800908.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/the-strange-case--of-the-drug-barons-adoring-press-1800908.html ]]> <p>Curtis Francis Warren is a very wealthy man. He has homes on three continents, a yacht, his own biographer, looks much younger than his 46 years, and once even made it on to the Sunday Times Rich List. "A major property player and trader in the North-west, where he is a well-known figure", read the citation. Warren did not make his money from real estate. He made it from cocaine. And heroin. And cannabis. And ecstasy. And from the poor suckers who wrecked their lives by taking them.</p> Crime Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/time-to-pay-up-murdoch-warns-internet-companies-1800189.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/online/time-to-pay-up-murdoch-warns-internet-companies-1800189.html <p> Rupert Murdcoch, the head of News Corporation has warned that it is time for internet search engines and others who use news content for free to pay for it. </p> Online Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:35:51 +0100